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1. Syriac prayers and incantations : manuscript
- Published / Created:
- 18th.
- Call Number:
- Hartford Seminary Syriac MSS 3
- Image Count:
- 89
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- A collection of Syriac prayers, incantations, amulets, and magical formulas, intended to provide protection in times of trouble. Name of copyist and place and date of copying not mentioned, probably from the 18th century
- Description:
- In Syriac., Title supplied by cataloger., Romanization supplied by cataloger., Incipit: "B-šem Māran kātebnā ktibtā d-núṭar bnaynāšā. Qadmāyat ḥarmā B da-ṣlútā. Qadīš. Qadīš. Qadíš. Māryā Ālāhā ḥayeltānā da-mlén šmāyā u-ʼarʻa men tešbḥāteh, men ítúteh u-men hedrā d-zíweh ...", Secundo folio: ṣebyānāk aykānā ba-shmāyā ʼof b-ʼarʻā., 8 x 11 cm; written surface: 6 x 9 cm; 14 lines per page., Binding: In dark brown leather., In clear East Syriac script, in black ink, on paper; headings in red; includes colored drawings of Biblical figures, angels, demons, saints (some local), plants, birds, animals (wild and domestic), snakes, insects, and weapons (daggers, swords, bows, etc., including pistols); the last leaf is inverted., On a typewritten insert: "Syriac astrology and magic, manuscript text and incantations. n.p.n.d.", At the head of folio 1a (in pencil): "Hartford Seminary Syriac 3.", Inside the front and back cover are pasted leaves from two different manuscripts., On the back cover: "Syriac astrology and magic.", On the spine: "S383. Sy83.", and Colophon: No colophon. The codex ends (folio 41b) with a colored drawing of animals and birds.
- Subject (Topic):
- Amulets, Animals, Birds, Incantations, Insects, Plants, Syriac language, and Weapons
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Syriac prayers and incantations : manuscript
2. [Butterflies and beetle] [art original] / M.S.M. [Three insects] / M.S.M.
- Creator:
- Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1717]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 B935 805 folder 5 Box 1
- Collection Title:
- [Scrapbook of drawings].
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Two watercolor drawings, one depicting three butterflies/moths and a beetle, and the other depicting three insects (a moth on a leaf, a butterfly, and a crane fly).
- Alternative Title:
- Three insects
- Description:
- Titles from local catalog card., Each drawing signed in pencil in lower left corner with the artist's initials., Place of production based on artist's countries of residence in Europe; date of production based on artist's death date., Formerly page 7 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806]., Matted to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.
- Subject (Topic):
- Butterflies, Insects, and Biological illustration
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Butterflies and beetle] [art original] / M.S.M. [Three insects] / M.S.M.
3. [Spiders] [art original] / M.S.M. [Three insects] / M.S.M.
- Creator:
- Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1717]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 B935 805 folder 4 Box 1
- Collection Title:
- [Scrapbook of drawings].
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Two watercolor drawings, one depicting two spiders and the other depicting three insects (one mayfly and two beetles).
- Alternative Title:
- Three insects
- Description:
- Titles from local catalog card., Each drawing signed in pencil in lower left corner with the artist's initials., Place of production based on artist's countries of residence in Europe; date of production based on artist's death date., Formerly page 5 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806]., Matted to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.
- Subject (Topic):
- Spiders, Insects, and Biological illustration
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Spiders] [art original] / M.S.M. [Three insects] / M.S.M.
